All-MIAA Baseball Team Announced

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Five members of the MIAA regular season champion Central Missouri Mules earned first-team recognition-- four being unanimous choices -- on the 2007 All-MIAA Baseball Team as voted upon by the conference's coaches.

The Mules (48-11, 28-6 MIAA) are led by the unanimous choice as MIAA Most Valuable Player, senior 1B Josh Paul. The Aurora, Colo., native was a unanimous choice at first base, and has hit an MIAA-best 18 home runs (.34 per game) -- two shy of matching the MIAA record of 20.

Paul leads the MIAA in slugging percentage as well with a mark of .782. He's also batting at a .378 clip (fourth in the MIAA) and has 63 runs batted in (1.19 per game -- second in the MIAA).

Two of Paul's fellow UCM infielders also were unanimous selections to the first team. Senior 2B Gered Mochizuki is just ahead of Paul with a .380 batting average (third in the MIAA) and leads the MIAA with a .500 on-base percentage and .78 walks per game. He is one of two repeat selections from last season.

Junior 3B Iain Dykins is second to Paul in the MIAA with a .690 slugging percentage. He's hitting .369 (eighth in the MIAA) with 13 home runs (.22 per game -- fourth in the MIAA) and 59 RBI (1.02 per game -- fifth in the MIAA).

Senior RHP Seth Gilleland rounds out the Mules' quartet of unanimous selections. He's got a 10-1 record -- the most wins by an MIAA pitcher this season -- with a 2.51 ERA (fourth in the conference). Gilleland also struck out 88 batters (9.21 K/9IP -- second in the MIAA).

Junior RHP Bryan Collins was the fifth UCM player on the first team as a relief pitcher. He's 3-0 with a 1.45 ERA and six saves (second in the MIAA) in 19 appearances.

Mules mentor Darin Hendrickson, who led his squad to their seven conference championship, was the choice of his peers as Wilson® Coach of the Year.

There were three other unanimous first-team selections. Senior OF Mark McBratney of MIAA Tournament champion Emporia State (39-22, 24-12 MIAA) joined UCM's Mochizuki as a repeat choice to squad after batting .349 with nine home runs and 69 RBI (1.13 per game -- third in the MIAA).

Senior LHP Bryson Clark of Pittsburg State not only was a unanimous first-team choice, but was selected as the conference's Pitcher of the Year. The Webb City, Mo., native leads the MIAA in ERA (1.94), opponent batting average (.173), shutouts (2) and is tied for the lead in complete games (6). He was 7-2 on the season -- both losses were 1-0 setbacks.

Junior DH Tommy Bone of Missouri Western (28-23, 21-14 MIAA) led the conference for much of the year in batting before slipping to second with a .394 average. He's also hit seven homers and driven home 37, and has 16 doubles on the season (.37 per game -- fourth in the conference).

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